altezza
Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin altitia, from Latin altus (“high”). Compare Portuguese and Spanish alteza, Catalan altesa. By surface analysis, alto (“high”) + -ezza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈtet.t͡sa/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ettsa
- Hyphenation: al‧téz‧za
Noun
altezza f (plural altezze)
- height, altitude, tallness
- Synonym: altitudine
- top, peak, summit
- mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 52–54; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
- height, stature
- Synonym: statura
- (monarchy) Highness
- sua altezza reale ― his/her royal highness
- (weaving) width
Descendants
- → French: altesse
Further reading
- altezza in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Lombard
Alternative forms
- altèzza (Classical Milanese Orthography)
- alteza (Scriver Lombard)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈtɛsa/ (Milanese)
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